Psychological resistance factors as predictors of general health status and physical symptom reporting

Ebert, Sheryl; Tucker, Diane C.; Roth, David L.

doi:10.1080/13548500220139449

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“…As with the item-level analyses (Table 1), PCA was the most frequently used technique, with 9 of the 20 studies [18,[52][53][54]56,57,62,64,66] explicitly stating this method. Of the ten studies that mentioned the rotation method used, nine [18,21,[52][53][54][55]61,62,67] stated varimax, and one stated that they had used an oblique rotation [68]. Nine studies [17,21,58-60,63,65,67,68] only stated that they had used a factor analysis or exploratory factor analysis, and two studies had used a principal axis factor analysis [55,61].…”

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“…As with the item-level analyses, the samples were very diverse, and the sample sizes varied from 71 [52] to 1289 [17], with a mean of 288.70. Twelve studies [17,18,[52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61] reported that the turning to religion sub-scale loaded to a factor with at least one other sub-scale, three studies [62][63][64] reported that the turning to religion sub-scale formed its own separate factor, and five studies [21,[65][66][67][68] reported that the religion sub-scale did not have a sufficiently high loading with any other factor. As with the item-level analyses (Table 1), PCA was the most frequently used technique, with 9 of the 20 studies [18,[52][53][54]56,57,62,64,66] explicitly stating this method.…”

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A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Brief COPE: Religious Coping in Factor Analyses

Krägeloh

2011

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Abstract:Religion is generally recognized as a major resource for dealing with stressful events, but its relationship with secular coping strategies continues to be debated. The present article provides a systematic review of the way in which analyses of the sub-scale turning to religion of the widely used Brief COPE [1] instrument are presented in peer-reviewed research articles, in order to investigate how the wealth of data published using this instrument can inform how religious coping relates to other coping strategies. Of the 212 identified articles that included turning to religion in their analyses, 80 combined sub-scale scores to form higher-order coping factors, 38 of which based on exploratory factor analyses of their own datasets. When factor analyses had used individual items as indicators, religious coping was more likely to load together with maladaptive coping strategies, and more likely with adaptive coping strategies when analyses were conducted at sub-scale level. To a large extent, the variation in the results from exploratory factor analyses appears to be due to the diverse and often inappropriate factor analytic techniques used to determine the factor structure of the Brief COPE instrument. Reports from factor analyses of the Brief COPE therefore have very little value when trying to make general conclusions about the role of religious coping in relation to secular coping methods.

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A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Brief COPE: Religious Coping in Factor Analyses

Krägeloh

2011

Religions

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“…problem-focused behaviour) and negatively associated with ' maladaptive ' (e.g. denial) coping strategies (Amirkhan & Greaves, 2003;Ben-David & Leichtentritt, 1999;Cohen et al, 2008;Ebert et al, 2002;Edwards & Holden, 2003;Fok et al, 2005;Gallagher et al, 1994;Heiman, 2004;Johnson, 2004;Kalimo & Vuori, 1990;Kristensson & Ö hlund, 2005;Margalit et al, 1992;McSherry & Holm, 1994;Pallant & Lae, 2002).…”

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An integrative theoretical framework of acculturation and salutogenesis

Riedel

Wiesmann

Hannich

2011

International Review of Psychiatry

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During the last two decades, the number of international migrants worldwide has constantly risen. In this context, crosscultural dimensions of psychological disorders receive increased attention, especially depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders among the migrant population. In this paper we propose a theoretical framework for the understanding of migrant mental health. This framework combines elements from Berry ' s acculturation model and Antonovsky ' s salutogenic theory. The former illustrates the main factors that affect an individual ' s adaptation in a new cultural context. The term acculturative stress denotes unresolved problems resulting from intercultural contact that cannot be overcome easily by simply adjusting or assimilating. The latter specifi es the relationship between culturally associated stress and mental health more distinctive, introducing the concepts of generalized resistance resources and sense of coherence that determine mental health outcomes of migrants during acculturative stress periods. Specifi cally, we provide an integrative framework of acculturation and salutogenesis that helps to integrate inconsistent fi ndings in the migrant mental health literature. The current paper focuses on the effect of resource factors for positive mental health outcomes in the migrant population and summarises some implications for future research activities.

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“…Many authors use the LOT-R as bidimensional (Affleck, Tennen, & Apter, 2001;Chang, & Farrehi, 2001;Chang, & Sanna, 2003, Fontaine, & Cheskin, 1999 and others use it as unidimensional (Ebert et al, 2002;Harju & Bolen, 1998;Korkeila et al, 2004;Lai et al, 1998;Nelson, McMahon, Joffe, & Brensinger, 2003;Schou et al, 2004;van der Velden et al, 2007). Benyamini, (2005) focuses on the interaction of optimism and pessimism.…”

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“…Since the publication of the LOT in 1985, it has been used in several studies in health and personality psychology and has been linked to both psychological and physical well-being (Aspinwall, Richter, & Hoffman III, 2001;Ebert, Tucker, & Roth, 2002;Scheier & Carver, 1992). Chang and Sanna, (2001) in a study with middle-aged adults, found significant direct and indirect links between optimism and pessimism with depressive symptoms and life satisfaction; Segerstrom and Nes (2006) found better indices of psychological health accompanying better dispositional optimism ;Chang, (1998) found that dispositional optimism is a significant moderator of the relation between stress and psychological well-being.…”

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Dispositional Optimism is Unidimensional or Bidimensional? the Portuguese Revised Life Orientation Test

2012

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The aim of the study is to adapt and then discuss the appropriateness of the Life Orientation Test as a one or two dimension scale. The research includes two studies; one is composed of a sequential sample of 280 people with multiple sclerosis, 71 % female, and another includes a convenience sample of 615 individuals from the community, 51.1% female. Because the construct is built upon a theoretical assumption that has one dimension, we examine the hypothesis of one or two factor solutions through confirmatory factor analysis, and the two-dimension solution premise demonstrates better adjustment for both samples. The other psychometric properties explored show appropriate results for the Portuguese sample, and similar to the original ones; the Test therefore seems appropriate for use in cross cultural studies. Based on our results, we discuss whether the questionnaire is a one or two dimension instrument, concluding that it appears appropriate to accept the recommendations of the original authors to use it as a one-dimensional tool and, when necessary, to use both dimensions. Keywords: optimism, validation study, LOT-R dimensionality.El objetivo del estudio es adaptar y discutir la adecuación de la prueba de Orientación de la Vida en una o dos escalas de dimensión. La investigación engloba dos estudios, uno constituido por una muestra secuencial de 280 personas con esclerosis múltiple, 71% mujeres y otro con una muestra de conveniencia de la comunidad de 615 individuos, 51,1% del sexo femenino. Como el constructo se asienta sobre la presunción teórica de que tiene una dimensión, inspeccionamos la hipótesis de una o dos soluciones de factor a través del análisis factorial confirmatorio y la hipótesis de dos dimensiones manifiesta un mejor ajuste para ambas muestras. Las otras propiedades psicométricas exploradas muestran los resultados apropiados para la muestra portuguesa, y semejantes a los originales. Parece apropiado para los estudios culturales transversales. Basándonos en nuestros resultados, discutimos si el cuestionario es un instrumento de una o dos dimensiones, concluyéndose que parece conveniente seguir las recomendaciones de los autores originales, para utilizarlo como un instrumento unidimensional y, si fuera necesario necesario, utilizar cada una de las dimensiones. Palabras clave: optimismo, estudio de validación, dimensionalidad LOT-R.

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Psychological resistance factors as predictors of general health status and physical symptom reporting

Cited by 71 publications

References 30 publications

A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Brief COPE: Religious Coping in Factor Analyses

A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Brief COPE: Religious Coping in Factor Analyses

An integrative theoretical framework of acculturation and salutogenesis

Dispositional Optimism is Unidimensional or Bidimensional? the Portuguese Revised Life Orientation Test

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